Mouwase

Timothy Usher, Santa Fe Institute

Situation

[under construction]

Sources

Johnston (1919-1920) 130 comparative terms for Karima of Kibeni village

Franklin ed. (1973: 573-575) 100 comparative terms for Omati

Carr (2006) 190 comparative terms for Mowase of Gibidai village

Petterson (2014) dictionary of Mouwase (1,198 terms)

Phonology

[under construction]

Mouwase has 11 consonants and 5 vowels as follows:

m n
t k
b d
ɸ s h
w ɾ
i u
e o
a



There is no palatal non-stop /j/, because Omati River /*j/ has been occluded to apical /ɾ/ in all positions.

Neither final consonants nor consonant clusters occur, Omati River final consonants having been appended with a final vowel as in the Dukemi and Mene dialects of Kaser.





Bilabial nasal /m/ …:

Mouwase Mouwase MowaseOmati Karima
phonemicPettersonCarr FranklinJohnston
m-
-m-

Apical nasal /n/ …:

Mouwase Mouwase MowaseOmati Karima
phonemicPettersonCarr FranklinJohnston
n-
-n-

Apical voiceless stop /t/ …:

Mouwase Mouwase MowaseOmati Karima
phonemicPettersonCarr FranklinJohnston
t-
-t-

Velar voiceless stop /k/ …:

Mouwase Mouwase MowaseOmati Karima
phonemicPettersonCarr FranklinJohnston
k-
-k-

Bilabial voiced stop /b/ …:

Mouwase Mouwase MowaseOmati Karima
phonemicPettersonCarr FranklinJohnston
b-
-b-

Apical voiced stop /d/ …:

Mouwase Mouwase MowaseOmati Karima
phonemicPettersonCarr FranklinJohnston
d-

Bilabial fricative /ɸ/ …:

Mouwase Mouwase MowaseOmati Karima
phonemicPettersonCarr FranklinJohnston
ɸ-
-ɸ-

Fricative /s/ …:

Mouwase Mouwase MowaseOmati Karima
phonemicPettersonCarr FranklinJohnston
s-
-s-

Unoccluded fricative /h/ …:

Mouwase Mouwase MowaseOmati Karima
phonemicPettersonCarr FranklinJohnston
h-

Bilabial non-stop /w/ …:

Mouwase Mouwase MowaseOmati Karima
phonemicPettersonCarr FranklinJohnston
w-
-w-

Apical non-stop /ɾ/ …:

Mouwase Mouwase MowaseOmati Karima
phonemicPettersonCarr FranklinJohnston
ɾ-
-ɾ-

… vowels …:

High front vowel /i/ …:

Mouwase Mouwase MowaseOmati Karima
phonemicPettersonCarr FranklinJohnston
i

High back vowel /u/ …:

Mouwase Mouwase MowaseOmati Karima
phonemicPettersonCarr FranklinJohnston
u

Mid front vowel /e/ …:

Mouwase Mouwase MowaseOmati Karima
phonemicPettersonCarr FranklinJohnston
e

Mid back vowel /o/ …:

Mouwase Mouwase MowaseOmati Karima
phonemicPettersonCarr FranklinJohnston
o

Low central vowel /a/ …:

Mouwase Mouwase MowaseOmati Karima
phonemicPettersonCarr FranklinJohnston
a

… diphthongs:

…:

Mouwase Mouwase MowaseOmati Karima
phonemicPettersonCarr FranklinJohnston

…:

Mouwase Mouwase MowaseOmati Karima
phonemicPettersonCarr FranklinJohnston

Pronouns

Carr (2006) gives Mowase pronouns as follows:

1 sg.ini
2 sg.ia
3 sg.aea
1 pl.na-na
2 pl.ia
3 pl.ɾa-na [?sic]
1 dl.ni-ɾa
2 dl.'ɾi-ɾa
3 dl.eβi-ɾa

Verbal morphology

Nothing is known about Mowase verbal morphology.